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What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?

Mad in America

My mental health went down fast this time. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. I saw that I was innocently bringing the distress of the past into the present and this was what dysregulating my nervous system now.

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Overview by a Psychiatrist

Now Psych

Brief overview of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes significant instability in emotions, behavior, relationships, and self-image. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? According to surveys, approximately 1.6%

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

Within this, some parts of the neurodiversity movement take an uncritical or neutral perspective on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses such as—but not limited to—ASD and ADHD, backed up by unsubstantiated claims about biological and genetic causal factors. This is likely to have a range of unhelpful consequences.